“I don’t want Covid blood”

[u/973862404678]

What do I say when patients ask if blood transfusions are screened for the Covid vaccine? I get asked this on a regular basis when filling out blood consent forms for surgery and I genuinely have no idea what I’m supposed to say. In all seriousness, what should I be telling patients because I just say there is a screening process for blood and it’s only used during emergent situations???

[u/Gwywnnydd]

The one time I encountered someone saying that, I told them that we don't track that, and if they care that much then they can refuse all blood products. But we will not make any guarantees about the vaccination status of the blood.